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slave code: References & Edit History

Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: NCPedia - Slave Codes. Mar 07, 2024
Media added. Aug 23, 2023
Add new Web site: CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas - Slave Codes. Oct 06, 2022
Corrected display issue. Jun 18, 2021
Changed “black” to “Black.” Jul 23, 2020
Added the text of two Virginia slave codes from the 1660s. May 18, 2020
Add new Web site: Internet Archive - "The American Slave Code". Apr 27, 2016
Add new Web site: NCPedia - Slave Codes. Apr 27, 2016
Add new Web site: Academia - Black Codes-American Slave Laws. Apr 27, 2016
Add new Web site: PBS - Africans in America - Virginia's Slave Codes. Apr 14, 2014
Add new Web site: PBS - Africans in America - Virginia's Slave Codes. Apr 14, 2014
Revised discussion of the punishment of slaves. Mar 27, 2014
Add new Web site: UShistory.org - "Slave Codes". Jul 12, 2011
Media added. Jun 24, 2009
New article added. Dec 17, 2004
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